[[File:IvanBytchkov-GTAIV2.png|left|thumb|180px|Police mugshot of Ivan, as depicted on a police computer in GTA IV.]]

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|image = IvanBytchkov-GTAIV.jpg

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|games = [[GTA IV]]

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|name = Ivan Bytchkov

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|status = Alive

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|gender = M

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|pob = Russia

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|home = [[Hove Beach]] <small>(formerly)</small><br>[[Alderney]]

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|nationality = Russian

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|family = [[Faustin Family]] <small>(formerly)</small>

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|affiliations = [[Vladimir Glebov]] <small>(formerly)</small>

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|vehicles = [[Ruiner]]

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|businesses = Burglar

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'''Ivan Bytchkov''' (Russian: Иван Бычков) is character in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], who plays a Russian burglar and associate of the [[Faustin Family]] based in [[Hove Beach]].

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'''Ivan Bytchkov''' (Russian: Иван Бычков) is character in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. He is a Russian burglar and former associate of the [[Faustin Family]] based in [[Hove Beach]].

== Description ==

== Description ==

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Ivan first appeared during the opening cutscene of "[[Bull in a China Shop]]", having just concluded a meeting with [[Vladimir Glebov]] and leaves just as [[Niko Bellic]] is entering. Later, Vlad orders Niko [[Ivan The Not So Terrible|to execute him]] by [[Mikhail Faustin|Mikhail Faustin's]] command. Niko's hunt for Ivan leads them to a rooftop chase, during which Ivan warns Niko that Vlad is a nobody, and that killing for him is pointless. Ivan takes a bad step and dangles off the edge of a destroyed fire escape. At this point, Ivan can be killed or left alive.

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Ivan first appeared during "[[Bull in a China Shop]]", having just concluded a meeting with [[Vladimir Glebov]] and leaves just as [[Niko Bellic]] is entering. Later, Vlad orders Niko [[Ivan The Not So Terrible|to execute him]] by [[Mikhail Faustin|Mikhail Faustin's]] command. Niko's hunt for Ivan leads them to a rooftop chase, during which Ivan warns Niko that Vlad is a nobody, and that killing for him is pointless. Ivan takes a bad step and dangles off the edge of a destroyed fire escape. At this point, Niko has to decide [[Morality Choices|wether to kill him or not]].

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If the player chooses to kill Ivan, Niko steps on Ivan's fingers, sending him falling to his death. Niko finds out later that Ivan was right: Vlad was a nobody, with no allies willing to step in to avenge him.

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If Niko decides to kill Ivan, he steps on Ivan's fingers, sending him falling to his death. Niko finds out later that Ivan was right: Vlad was a nobody, with no allies willing to step in to avenge him.

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If the player chooses to spare Ivan, Niko helps him up, stating that he can't be that bad if Vlad wants him dead. Ivan repeatedly thanks Niko Bellic by calling him a "good man". Niko Bellic meets Ivan later on the streets of [[Alderney]] as a [[random character]]. Ivan is engaged to a beautiful American woman. who he has sex with three times a week, he lives in [[Alderney]], and has a new job as a "money lender." Niko helps Ivan collect a debt from several hustlers who choose not to repay him, they try to whack Ivan but they do not survive the gunfight because Niko Bellic saves Ivan again.

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If Niko chooses to spare Ivan, he helps him up, stating that he can't be that bad if Vlad wants him dead. Ivan repeatedly thanks Niko Bellic by calling him a "good man". Niko later [[Random Characters|meets]] Ivan on the streets of [[Alderney]], where Ivan once again thanks Niko for sparing his life, and tells him that he is engaged to a beautiful American woman who he has sex with three times a week. He lives in [[Alderney]], and has a new job as a "money lender." Niko helps Ivan collect a debt from several hustlers who choose not to repay him, they try to whack Ivan but they do not survive the gunfight because Niko saves Ivan again.

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He drives a Black and gold [[Ruiner]], as seen in the chase part in [[Ivan The Not So Terrible]] until he crashes it and escapes through a construction site.

If Niko decides to kill Ivan, he steps on Ivan's fingers, sending him falling to his death. Niko finds out later that Ivan was right: Vlad was a nobody, with no allies willing to step in to avenge him.

If Niko chooses to spare Ivan, he helps him up, stating that he can't be that bad if Vlad wants him dead. Ivan repeatedly thanks Niko Bellic by calling him a "good man". Niko later meets Ivan on the streets of Alderney, where Ivan once again thanks Niko for sparing his life, and tells him that he is engaged to a beautiful American woman who he has sex with three times a week. He lives in Alderney, and has a new job as a "money lender." Niko helps Ivan collect a debt from several hustlers who choose not to repay him, they try to whack Ivan but they do not survive the gunfight because Niko saves Ivan again.